ikiwiki vs. Instiki vs. PhpWiki vs. WiGit vs. WikiNi

General Features ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Version
2.67
0.30.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
0.1
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Ruby's
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Ruby on Rails
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Database, Files, RCS
other
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
general, education
Any
Private users
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
various opt. helpers
Git
Datastorage ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
1
French
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
No
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
No
Patch
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Links ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Patch
Usability ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Patch
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Output ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
No
No
Extras ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit WikiNi
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[InternalLink]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
"External link":http://externallink.com
[[ ]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
h1. Headline
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*Bold*
** **
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_Italics_
// //
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
<u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
__ __
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


@monospace@
## ##
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<strike>striked through</strike>
-strikethrough-
@@ @@
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
~subscript~
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
-
-
-
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# list
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
***
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